Excelsior teaser thumbnails and wip

A few really quick thumbnail sketches for possible teaser images.

Monk looking down at the mcguffin box

Rear view of monk, kneeling at an altar lit by candles 

Monk posing with his spear.

The first idea I had- the 5 masks laid out with the emblem, while the mask that the monk wears is cracked and blood splashed. 

Several people mentioned about not seeing or understanding the shapes either side of the main symbol, so I took it out ad moved the text around somewhat.

Animex Sketchbook scans!

I had intended on posting these sooner. Oh well. 

Up until this point, I'd focused on trying to draw the hands of the various speakers.

Then after being 100% unable to draw Rhianna Pratchett correctly I gave up and drew Barry Meade (Fireproof studios) and shifted my focus to random thumbnail and environment ideas

(Pause in drawing for an excellent anatomy lecture from Stuart Sumida)

I think that next year they should run a thing on twitter called #Animexsketch or something similar, since I was certainly not the only attendee drawing through the lectures.

As for module work for the second semester, I'm working now on a series of teaser ideas for visual story telling and the Excelsior brief from before. 

Back in business!

After a long week of Animex talks, workshops and networking events, I'm finally back at my computer to update this blog! It slipped by the wayside as deadline for the first semester drew near, so I'll start off with some of the finished paintings and speed paints from then, and at the bottom I'll show some of my Animex sketches.

These are a mix of character and enviros from the Excelsior brief as they appear in the final submission, along with a compilation of sketchbook work from the visual development. 

Gryphon final painting- This was a somewhat arduous painting. I can't say I'm exactly a fan of painting fur and feathers and somehow mixing the two. 

Taken from T.S. Eliot's "Preludes" - the line "The Shower's Beat" inspired this painting

Now that that semester 1's briefs are all concluded, We have three more (with a fourth yet unknown) for the second semester. So far we have received assignments from:

1. Pete Amachree : The "what if" roman history brief, of "What if the Romans discovered and developed practical uses for electricity?" 
2. Ron Ashtiani : NeoRacer brief, Car concept with weapon variations, or Eden environment race track
3. Shelly Page : Dreamworks character brief, design a character from the list for a new setting
4. Jack Couvela : Mysterious Ubisoft brief ~~

 I'll be updating at least once a week now for the next semester with work any of these assignments (or anymore that we receive.)

Edit: I forgot about the Animex sketches, I'll add them in during the week since I don't own a scanner :)